A Study About The Garrisons' Native Place At Zhangye Area In Bamboo Slips Of Han Dynasty

In the Western Han Dynasty,the Zhangye area was the vital area to communicate with western countries.This area also can prevent the invasion of the nomad.The central government levy many people from Zhangye prefecture and other prefectures that in the interior.And transport them to the border.The number of the soldiers is about ten thousand.If war breaks out,more people will be transported to this area.As the main duty station of the soldiers,many beacon towers was built in Zhangye area.Its formed a more complete system of frontier defense.The unearthed documents gave us a lot of Birth place information about the soldiers who worked here.These information that included 21 prefectures,149 counties and 561 towns could display the administrative area of the country.These prefectures(except the Zhangye prefecture)formed a rhomboid region in the map.The northern border of this rhomboid region is Julu prefecture,the southern border is Nanyang prefecture,the western border is Hongnong prefecture,the eastern border is Langya prefecture.This whole rhomboid region was located the east area of Hangu pass.We believe this is because the influence of political situation in Western Han Dynasty.As a result of this impact,soldiers' information about the rank of nobility assumed obvious regional differences.The central government give special policy to some specially appointed prefectures political and economic reasons,though they were included the rhomboid region.Hengdong prefecture,Henan prefecture,Nanyang prefecture,Yingchuan prefecture had many soldiers that had the highest rank——Gongsheng.Huaiyang prefecture,Wei prefecture had the most information.But there is very little person had the highest rank——Gongsheng.Because these four prefectures had the highest political position and the best economic development.This regional difference directly results in the antagonism between the central and the local.At the same time,the prefectures that were located in the east area of Hangu pass also had contradiction with the prefectures that were located in the west area of Hangu pass It disturb the social governance,law making and other aspects and had a profound influence on the whole Han Empire.